Posted by raybakes on November 1, 2004, at 5:10:43
In reply to Re: i have low cholesterol and have suffered depressio » raybakes, posted by joebob on October 31, 2004, at 21:39:52
> ray, you've hit ito on the money...i am extremely thin and have lost 20lbs in the last 4 years due to stress and loss of appetite!!!
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> suggestion?Have you had your insulin levels checked out with your doctor? You'd probably be producing a lot of ketones and have strange smell to your breath too.
niacinamide can protect the insulin producing cells....
and it can also help stop (along with B6) a metabolite of tryptophan degradation, called xanthurenic acid, binding onto and disabling insulin - xanthurenic acid has also been implicated in the destruction of pancreatic beta cells - this article describes how it destroys cells, but is a little complicated!
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2121/5/14
If you are producing ketones, high dose biotin can help.
make sure to get everything checked out with your doctor - I don't know what tests are available, but insulin, glucagon, xanthurenic acid, interferon gamma and ketones are the ones I can think of...
and antibodies, this abstract suggests...
hope I'm not being too alarmist, but weight loss and low cholesterol, seem to be good reasons to check things out.
Ray
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